Texas Book Festival

“It is so chic to be an author. To be known for one’s writing is to be truly known, do you not think?” Mindy Kaling states in the beginning of B.J. Novak’s French New Wave satire book trailer. Novak isn’t just Ryan from The Office, he also writes fiction. His short story collection, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, will be out February 4th, but in the meantime, you can read an excerpt at NPR.

In the September issue of Elle, Lorrie Moore talks about why being a writer means being creepily detached and rude.  Redux here at Jezebel.

Don’t worry, you don’t have to learn a new language to read the new Haruki Murakami book. Last week, our own Nick Moran wondered when Murakami’s latest would be getting an English translation. Knopf Doubleday publicity director Paul Bogaards revealed it should be out by 2014.